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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Miami, FL

February 14, 2024Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 14, 2024, 3:32 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 14, 2024, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 14, 2024, 3:32 PM EST (20:32 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 14, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 16, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
In force
48 hr
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 39 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-02-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2024-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

641 
WHUS42 KMFL 142032
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
332 PM EST Wed Feb 14 2024

FLZ168-172-173-151000-
/O.NEW.KMFL.RP.S.0012.240215T0000Z-240216T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-Coastal Broward County-
Coastal Miami Dade County-
332 PM EST Wed Feb 14 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and 
  Coastal Miami Dade County.

* WHEN...From 7 PM EST this evening through Thursday evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
209 
WHUS42 KMFL 150715
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
215 AM EST Thu Feb 15 2024

FLZ172-173-160000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-240216T0000Z/
Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County-
215 AM EST Thu Feb 15 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$

FLZ168-160000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-240216T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-
215 AM EST Thu Feb 15 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$
874 
WHUS42 KMFL 152201
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
501 PM EST Thu Feb 15 2024

FLZ172-173-160600-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-240217T0000Z/
Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County-
501 PM EST Thu Feb 15 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County.

* WHEN...Through Friday evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$

FLZ168-160600-
/O.EXT.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-240217T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-
501 PM EST Thu Feb 15 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...Through Friday evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$
759 
WHUS42 KMFL 160551
CFWMFL

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Miami FL
1251 AM EST Fri Feb 16 2024

FLZ172-173-170000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-240217T0000Z/
Coastal Broward County-Coastal Miami Dade County-
1251 AM EST Fri Feb 16 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami Dade County.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$

FLZ168-170000-
/O.CON.KMFL.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-240217T0000Z/
Coastal Palm Beach County-
1251 AM EST Fri Feb 16 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Coastal Palm Beach County.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.